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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

'ROBERT F.\WERK, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701 ,653,` dated June 3, 1902.

Application led January Z4, 1900. Serial No. 2,619. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT F. WERK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Clipper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a clipper for cutting the outstanding fibers, hairs, or filaments from cordage of any sort, which end I attain by providing two knives or sets of knives, which are relatively movable in a concentric circle or circles, the cord being passed through the center of such circle or circles. I Reference is to be had tothe accom pany-ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front end elevation thereof.

The tool comprises two tubes Z and p, the former being fitted to revolve on the latter. The outer revolving tube is made up of a number of suitably-formed separable bars m, formed with knives m. These separable bars are held in tubular form by means of two collars fn, and o, which are threaded into each other and formed with beveled interior walls, respectively, bearing against the oppositelybeveled outer sides of lthe bars m. Reference to Fig. 1 will show that these bars m, having the oppositely-beveled outer sides, as shown, form a tube of approximately double conical form; and it is clear that the collars n and 0 when drawn together over the bars will hold them rigidly together, thus constituting the tube referred to. The inner tube p is held firmly in a clamp q' on a bracket q and has knives p', which work with the knives m', so as to cut such iibers as are projected between them. The collars fn and o, carrying the revoluble outer tube, are held in place by means of a ring r, which is fastened securelywithin the collar o and which bears revolubly on the tube -p and against an annular flange p2, formed thereon.A The bars m, forming the outer tube, bear against the opposite sides of this rib or flange p2, as shown. A drivingpulley s is fastened to the collar o, by which to turn the same, and consequently the collar n and the bars m, which form the outer tube Z. This pulley s is threaded on the collar o, as shown.

The cordage to be clipped is passed through the inner tube p while the outer tube lis being revolved. It will thus be seen that by this operation such fibers as project from the surface of the cordage will be shorn therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, I

Aclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

l. A clipper for cordage, comprising two -tubes fitted the one within the other and relatively turnable, each tube having a knife or knives thereon working as described, and one of the tubes beingv made up ol a number of separable bars, with means for holding such bars in tubular form.

2. In a clipper for cordage, the combination with a support, of a tube held rigidly thereby'and having a knife or knives thereon, a second tube formed with a number of separable bars, each with a knife thereon, and means for holding such bars rigidly in tubuL lar form to turn around the first-named tube.

3. In a clipper for cordage, the combina tion with a tube xedly held and provided with knives, of a second tube mounted on the first tube to revolve thereon,and consisting of a series of separable bars formed with knives, and collars surrounding thesaid bars and having screw-threaded engagement with each other, substantially as described.

et. In a clipper for cordage, the combinai tion with a support, and a tube having one end secured to the support and provided with knives at its other end, of a second tube mounted to revolve on the first tube and consisting of a series of bars having knives at their ends, said bars having oppositely-bev eled outer surfaces, collars surrounding the bars and having a screw-threaded engagement with each other, and means for locking the collars in place, substantially ,as dea scribed. 4 .Y .Y l

5. In a clipper for cordage, the combination with a support, a tube having one end secured to the support and provided with yknives at its other end and with an annular external ange between its ends, of a second l and a screw securing one of the collars to the tube mounted on the first tube to revolve ring, substantially as described.

thereon and consisting of a series of bars In testimony whereof I have signed my having knives at their ends, said bars havname to this specification in the presence of 5 ing oppositely-beveled outer surfaces, and two subscribing witnesses.

having their inner ends abutting against the flange of the first tube, collars surrounding ROBERT I" VERK' the bars and having escrow-threaded engage- Witnesses:

ment with each other, a ring surrounding,r the A. C. LANDRY,

1o iirst tube between its ange and the support, l CHAS. XV. BROWN. 

